A01814 Summary:

BILL NO    A01814 

SAME AS    Same as S 5020

SPONSOR    Nolan (MS)

COSPNSR    

MLTSPNSR   McEneny, Millman

Amd S2854, rpld sub 3 (b-1), Ed L

Provides that employees of charter schools shall be entitled to be represented
by the same collective bargaining unit that represents the public school
employees of the school district in which the charter school is located, and
shall be entitled to the same retirement system membership as such public
school employees are entitled.

A01814 Actions:

BILL NO    A01814 

01/12/2009 referred to education
01/06/2010 referred to education

A01814 Votes:

A01814 Memo:

 BILL NUMBER:  A1814

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
the rights of employees of charter schools; and to repeal paragraph
(b-1) of subdivision 3 of section 2854 of such law relating to
collective bargaining representation of employees of charter schools

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :  To provide that charter school
employees are entitled to the same collective bargaining
representation and retirement as public school employees.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of
section 2854 of the Education Law is amended to specify that all
employees of newly created charter schools, as well as charter schools
that are converted from an existing public school, will be entitled to
the same representation as employees of the school district in which
the charter school is located. Paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 3 of
Section 2854 of the Education Law is repealed to conform with the
above amendment. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of Section 2854 of the
Education Law is amended to require that employees of charter schools
must be members of the appropriate public retirement system.

 JUSTIFICATION :  This bill will protect the rights of employees of
charter schools throughout the state by ensuring that they are
entitled to the same union representation as employees of the school
district in which the charter school is located. Since charter school
employees are deemed public employees for the purposes of Article 14
of the Civil Service Law, they should be entitled to the same
collective bargaining rights, benefit enhancements and retirement
privileges that all other public education employees enjoy.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

A.9178 of 2001-2002; A.8009 of 2003-2004; A.1354 of 2005-2006 and
A.3527 of 2007-2008

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :  None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :  This act shall take effect 30 days after it shall
have become a law.